Index: Lib/pdb.py
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--- Lib/pdb.py	(revision 61747)
+++ Lib/pdb.py	(working copy)
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@
         print 'along the Python search path'
 
 def main():
-    if not sys.argv[1:]:
+    if not sys.argv[1:] or sys.argv[1] in ("--help", "-h"):
         print "usage: pdb.py scriptfile [arg] ..."
         sys.exit(2)